A Licence To Write
Thirty years ago, on 5 October 1962, the film of Doctor No was premiered in London. Sean Connery played James Bond , the suave double agent created by languid old
Etonian and former naval spy Ian Fleming. The novels became famous when President
John F Kennedy included Bond in his bedside reading. In this Radio 2 Arts
Special, Frank Delaney examines the life and books of Ian Fleming , and hears music from special albums issued to commemorate 30 years of Bond-age.
Producer Stella Hanson